SpaceChain has teamed with the Arch Mission Foundation to use open source technology to launch an ambitious project involving the storage of large data sets in spacecraft and on other planets. Arch Mission will load large quantities of data onto SpaceChain's satellite vehicles with the eventual aim of storing data on other planets. The joint effort will help launch the Earth Library.

Newcomer ArchMerge Linux offers a big change for the better to those switching from the Debian Linux lineage to the Arch Linux infrastructure. ArchMerge Linux is a recent spinoff of ArchLabs Linux, which is a step up from most Arch Linux offerings in terms of installation and usability. Arch Linux distros are notorious for their challenging installation and software management processes.

A hacker has found a way to boot Linux on the PS4, fire up Steam, and play at least some titles. It's an interesting experiment in what Sony's platform can do, but we don't expect to see the company embracing Linux as it initially did with the PS3.

Hill: Mining giant Arch Coal on Thursday said it will suspend its work on securing a permit for a new mine in southeastern Montana.
In a statement, the company blamed capital constraints, a weak coal market and uncertainty in the permitting process for suspending its proposed Otter Creek Mine project.
The company secured the lease rights to 8,300 acres of minerals in Otter Creek in 2010. The permitting process to begin mining, the company said, has taken longer than anticipated, and further deterioration...

EcoWatch: The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a group best known for filing lawsuits seeking climate scientists` personal emails, has secretly received funding from Arch Coal, one of the largest coal producers in the U.S. The funding is revealed in documents recently filed as part of the Arch Coal bankruptcy proceedings which list the coal company`s creditors.
The Arch funding is revealed just months after Alpha Natural Resources, another coal company facing bankruptcy, was identified...